CHRISTOPHER WATSON DANCE COMPANY presents:

Alight

Friday, March 1, 2023, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 2, 2023, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 2, 2023, 5:00 p.m.

 

Christopher Watson Dance Company presents ALIGHT, a showcase of modern concert dance on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2 at the TEK BOX at the Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis. Guest artists include Kinetic Evolutions Dance Company, KASM Dance Collective, Ray Terrill Dance Group, Thern Anderson and Erin Thompson. Performances are Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 2:00 and 5:00 pm. General admission tickets are $20 and are available via the cowlescenter.org/calendar-tickets. 

 

Dance works on the program are choreographed by Christopher Watson, Becky Heist, Jennifer Mack, Sarah LaRose-Holland (Kinetic Evolutions Dance Company), Sarah Hauss (KASM Dance Collective), Ray Terrill (Ray Terrill Dance Group) and Thern Anderson and Erin Thompson. Some of the dances are abstract works centered on kinetic energy, the body in motion and the connections between dancers moving in space. Other dances honor fellow artists and address themes of the intricacies of relationships. The wide-ranging accompaniment for the dances includes selections from Antonin Dvorak, Gabriel Faure, Suzanne Vega, Yo-Yo Ma, and J.S. Bach, local singer/songwriter Matt Marka of Ada Jane, “punk poet laureate” Patti Smith and poetry by Muriel Rukeyser. 

 

Christopher Watson Dance Company embraces the diverse and multigenerational com.position of its artists whose ages range from 20-something to 70-something. This is the company’s 33nd season of performances.

 

General admission tickets: $20

available via thecowlescenter.org/calendar-tickets. 

 

Where: TEK BOX Theater in the Cowles Center for Dance

528 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis

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For more information contact:   Ray Terrill (612-275-5602)